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Comment by LLovesmysailor on October 6, 2009 at 5:48pm

Alex doesn't get a choice. His Dad and I will be there when his sub returns. His Dad never got to see a homecoming while he was in the Navy. Being a Nuke he was always busy in engineering when they came home. Besides, its different seeing it from the pier and he was never stationed on a sub. So we're going. We're already on the list.
Fortunately, there is no exterior work to be done, no windows. They are giving me a 5 more week timeline. Partly because there is a delay in the delivery of the ventless fireplace.

Comment by BunkerQB on October 6, 2009 at 5:41pm

LLove,
Here is a benchmark for your work time line. Done all in one month - exterior painted, new windows, new landscaping. For two of the units, interior paint, new kitchen, new baths, new flooring plus lots of miscellaneous stuff. Click here for link to eflyer.
My sailor does not want us to go to his homecoming. I told I could hold back crying. He doesn't believe me. He just says "Mom, go fix up another house."
Bea

Comment by LLovesmysailor on October 6, 2009 at 3:50pm

Bea,We belong to the Disney Vacation Club. They are building a resort in Hawaii, so I won't even need a place to rent. Just a tour guide, but I've got to wait until 2011. That's when the resort will open. BTW, they are presently jack hammering up the basement floor for the new bathroom. OH Joy! LOL

Comment by BunkerQB on October 6, 2009 at 3:27pm

LLove,
Just go visit my son in Hawaii. Tell him "Aunt" Lynn is coming. Maybe you'll get away with it.
I was researching houses (near Pearl) to rent for a month in time for a little winter r&r and our sailor's homecoming. Sailor's younger brother thought it was a splendid idea - he had already invited his roommates from Univ of OK and a couple of cadets from USMA. Sailor nixed the idea - wants to come home instead. He said we can visit in the Spring. :o :(

Comment by LLovesmysailor on October 6, 2009 at 3:02pm

Nice. Now that's a home port! I would be planning a vacation already. Its probably good that Alex is in Groton. He'd get really tired of me visiting all the time if he were in Hawaii.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on October 6, 2009 at 2:21pm

Michdang, Where is the Columbus' home port?

Comment by John and Yvonne on October 3, 2009 at 4:18pm

Hi all,

I haven't been on here in a long time! I've missed being here, but have been really busy. I am now the Senior Adult Pastor and Pastoral Care Director at our church which keeps me going.

My daughter and her husband have made Yvonne and me new grandparents for the first time - a grandson who they named Jacob Benjamin. Fortunately they live about half an hour from us so Yvonne makes sure we go up to see him every week.

Our ministry to the military also continues every weekend in Virginia Beach. We're actually waiting for some of our sailors to come over this evening. Praise God, isn't life fun! :)

And, oh, by the way, we are also babysitting a green parrot for a neighbor friend of ours. What a hoot that is! If we walk out of the room he says "Come here." We're trying to teach him how to say "praise the Lord." If we walk out of the room he will sqwak litke crazy! Yvonne will put the towel over his cage and you hear this little voice say "oh oh." Then, as we walk away he'll say in a tiny voice "Heeelp. Heeelp." Then he quiets right down.

Comment by Kaye S. on October 3, 2009 at 1:45pm

To Navymomaw: "Dolphins" or "Fish" is the nickname given to the Submarine Warfare Insignia (pin) that all submariners must earn to remain on a submarine crew. They have about 12-14 months within which to earn or "qualify" for it or they are moved to a surface ship. Since sub crews are small, each sailor is expected to be capable of doing other duties as well as his own. On my personal page, there's a blog entry titled "What "Dolphins" Are... (and why they're a big deal)." Check it out... Hugs and crossed fingers to your son! k.

Comment by Mark on October 3, 2009 at 11:19am

Susan, I only did a single six year enlistment; while I appreciate much about the Navy (mostly in retrospect, truthfully), it was not for me, on the whole. So, there may be something about this that I'm missing. That said, it doesn't seem to me that limiting sailors to two extensions in an enlistment is a big deal. An extension is not a re-enlistment, in case you weren't aware - my understanding is that except for the extensions that are done to get an automatic advancement in rate, that they are done as a maneuver to wait for more advantageous conditions to re-enlist, for a higher bonus, for example. Regarding taking HS graduates only, I think there may be some confusion - I'm not surprised to hear that they will only accept recruits with a HS diploma - but I don't believe that having college under your belt makes you ineligible to enlist. They wouldn't hardly have any nukes if they did that. I'm not sure that it's just the economy either - I think the Obama administration wants to reduce the size of the military, as the Clinton administration did in the nineties.

Comment by Kaye S. on October 3, 2009 at 1:56am

The Sept 29 Navy News I received had a story that (quoting headlineU) "Sailors will only be allowed two extensions per enlistment beginning Oct. 1." Link to story

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